Improvement in ribbon-holders



I. B. MILLNER. Ribbon-Holders.

No. 218,998. Patented Aug. 28,1879.

WITNESSES INVENTOR aac ATTORNEY NFETERS. FHDTD-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON.(1C.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIcE ISAAC B. MILLNER, OF CU'MBERLAND, MARYLAND,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO CHARLES BAL'IZELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RIBBON-HOLDERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,998, dated August 26,1879; application tiled July 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC B. MILLNER, of Cumberland, in the county ofAlleghany and State oi' Maryland, have invented a new and valuableImprovementin Ribbon-Holders; an d 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,

clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and iigures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 oi' the drawings is a representation of a perspective view ofmy improved ribbonj holder. Fig. 2 is a central section thereof', andFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are details.

This invention has relation to improvements roller an annular groove, b.C B designate' the end disks, having a central perforation, c,oi'slightly less diameter than the journals a. These are sprung over thejournals into the groove b, as shown.i n"Fig. 2, and when thus engagedturn freely upon the journals. Inv stead of this arrangement, I mayemploy that illustrated in Fig. l at its upper part. The disk is hereshown with a central opening, through which extends a journal having anedge langc, c, that holds the said disk-against lateral displacementwhen the journal is secured to the roller by the screw s.

The disks B C have crimped, stamped, or corded edges i, curving in, asshown, the object of this construction being `to reduce the widthbetween the disks at their edges, and thus prevent the loose end of theribbon from working out from between the di-ks. This construction isfully illustrated in Fig. 2.

The ribbon or any other narrow fabric may be previously wound upon theblocks, andthe disks subsequently sprung on or otherwise securedthereto. In thus putting on the ribbon a corresponding slip of paper islsecured to the blocks and wound round the same one or more times. Theribbon is then attached to the under side ot' the strip and the twowound on together. As the ribbon and strip are sold oft and the quantityon theroller runs short, the natural elasticity ofthe paper strip comesinto play and keeps the ribbon pressed out against therinturned edge ofthe disks, causing the roller to present' the appearance of being full.

The two disks are braced together by the straps l, and, it' desired, maybe constructed, as shown in Fig. 6, in one piece with the said disks.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ribbon-holder, the roller A, provided with rotary disks B C,having the inturned edges z', substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the roller A, having journals a, with groovesb, of the end disks, B C, rotating in said grooves, all substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC B. MILLNER.

Witnesses:

F. M. OEEUTT, y A. KEAN.

